Re: Intergermansk - Pizza packaging text :D

--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Gary Shannon <fiziwig@Y...> wrote:
--- Tristan McLeay <conlang@T...>
wrote:

<snip>

> Hmm... that's another odd one, AFAIK, all mushrooms
> are edible, because
> if they're not, they're not mushrooms. Something
> seems fishy in the
> land of fungi.
>>In English there are many poisonous mushrooms, so the
>>term "mushroom" is definitely NOT restricted to edible
>>mushrooms.
--gary
--- End forwarded message ---

American Heritage Dictionary

mushroom: _Any_ [emphasis mine] of various fleshy fungi of the class
Basidiomycetes, characteristically having an umbrella-shaped cap
borne on a stalk; especially, any of the edible varieties.

toadstool: An inedible fungus with an umbrella-shaped fruiting body,
so distinguished from an edible mushroom.

Sounds to me like "toadstool" is a subset of "mushroom."

In Senyecan, mushroom is "söómbin"; toadstool is
"òòlnësöómbin"
(poison mushroom); and edible mushroom is "eðsöómbin."

Charlie
http://wiki.frath.nete/User:Caeruleancentaur

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